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REVIEW OF THE YEAR ON DIMENSIONS IN SOUND AND SPACE (2024) (part two)
It is hard to believe looking back on what a phenomenal year for new music and how many artists and labels have found a place in DISS for...
Dec 26, 20242 min read
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A HAPPY CHRISTMAS to all our Friends, Readers, Musicians, Labels
and everyone who has contributed to making our website such a labour of love this year. Seasons greetings from Phil and Benedict.
Dec 24, 20241 min read
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RICHARD GORMAN – THIS GUITAR LOVES YOU and SCUNNERED (Bandcamp) (2024)
Muse, guitarist and singer songwriter Richard Gorman has never sounded in better voice than on one of his latest collection of songs...
Dec 24, 20242 min read
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ANDERSON, BRUFORD, WAKEMAN, HOWE – AN EVENING OF YES MUSIC PLUS (Fragile Records/ Esoteric) (2 x CD/ 2 x DVD box) (Release date: 31st January, 2025)
This is a concert recorded at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. The set mostly contains classic Yes material but...
Dec 23, 20241 min read
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SOFT MACHINE – SOFTS (Esoteric Recordings) (1 x LP) (Release date – 31st January, 2025)
Soft Machine’s second album for the Harvest label (following “Bundles”) featured a line-up of KARL JENKINS (Piano, Electric Piano,...
Dec 23, 20242 min read
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THE FIRST FULL CALENDAR YEAR OF DIMENSIONS IN SOUND AND SPACE
As I review the year 2024, here is one of many nice comments we have had: the link is: https://elegantsimplicity.com/2024/12/10/dimension...
Dec 21, 20241 min read
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REVIEW OF THE YEAR ON DIMENSIONS IN SOUND AND SPACE (2024) (part one)
As well as some of your feedback, I’ve been having a look back at what has been reviewed by www.dimensions-in-sound-and-space.com in...
Dec 21, 20242 min read
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STEMESEDER LILLINGER with Craig Taborn - UMBRA III (Intakt Records) (17th January, 2025)
The line-up on this recording is Elias Stemeseder: composition, spinet, synth and effects; Christian Lillinger: composition, drums, samp...
Dec 21, 20241 min read
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NEW ACID DRAGON OUT NOW!
The November 2024 (#87) edition of ACID DRAGON is now available. The subscription rate is 16 euros/ £13 of $18 for 4 issues, surely a...
Dec 18, 20241 min read
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CLEMENS KURATLE/ YDIVIDE: THE DEFAULT (Intakt Records) (Release date: 24th January, 2025)
The line-up on this album is: Dee Byrne, alto saxophone, Elliot Galvin, piano and electronics, Chris Guilfoyle, guitar, Lukas Traxel,...
Dec 18, 20242 min read
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BLOODCOG – STAGED (Bandcamp/ whi-music.co.uk) (CD/ DL) (2024)
Liverpudlian saxist/ flautist Phil Hargreaves fronts a band with two bass players (Fran Bass on electric and Richard Harding on Chapman...
Dec 14, 20241 min read
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KEVIN KASTNING - ETHEREAL VII (Greydisc/ Bandcamp) (2024) (DL)
This is the fourth Kevin Kastning release to be reviewed on DISS. Previously, Kevin has played variations of a very specialised contra...
Dec 14, 20241 min read
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ZOLDER ELLIPSIS – IL LIBRO DEI TROPI (Lizard Records/ Bandcamp) (2024)
On ‘Sketch A’ organ (Tom Aldrich) fades in; quirky rhythms and strange time signatures, throbbing bass (Chad Langford), extravagant snare...
Dec 12, 20242 min read
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FAT MATTRESS – HOW CAN I LIVE – THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS (Cherry Red) (1969- 1970/ 2024) (release date 24th January, 2025)
Fat Mattress had a high-profile leader in Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding. He was joined by a seasoned rhythm section that...
Dec 10, 20242 min read
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INTERVIEW WITH JUAN of Mylodon Records, a Chilean based label at the forefront of Prog
PHIL: Thanks for agreeing to do this interview. First of all, I would like to know how you got into Progressive Rock and why you decided...
Dec 10, 20245 min read
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ASTRAL MAGIC – WIZARD’S EUPHORIA (Bandcamp- Astral Magic & Dr, Space) (2024)
Santtu Laakso is back in collaboration with Shane Beck and Dr Space (Scott Heller), as well as Astral Magic stalwart Jonathan Siegel, and...
Dec 10, 20241 min read
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ELEGANT SIMPLICITY – BEFORE THE END PART 1 (Bandcamp) (2024)
First of all, apologies are due for the tardy review of this summertime release by multi-instrumentalist Steven McCabe, collecting...
Dec 9, 20241 min read
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ELEGANT SIMPLICITY – BEFORE AND AFTER (single) (Bandcamp) (2024)
It’s incredible how much Steven McCabe manages to pack into 3 minutes of music! The most astonishing thing is that on this one track he...
Dec 9, 20241 min read
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JACOPO COSTA – TEACHER AND DEMONS (2024) (Soundcloud)
Jacopo Costa is a lecturer in musicology at the University of Strasbourg whose music is classified as electro acoustic, art rock and...
Dec 9, 20241 min read
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HAWKWIND – LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL (Cherry Red) (31st Jan, 2025) (3 x CD; 3 x LP)
The Royal Albert Hall – doesn’t seem quite right does, it? It’s a real rags to riches story in the sense that Dave Brock started off as a...
Dec 8, 20241 min read
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